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DOVER, Del. (AP) " Texas pipeline company Energy Transfer Equity L.P. can back out of its proposed $33 billion acquisition of Williams Cos., a Delaware judge said Friday.

The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Williams to hold Energy Transfer to the deal.

The companies announced in September that Dallas-based Energy Transfer would acquire Williams, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Williams shareholders were to receive Energy Transfer stock, $6 billion cash, and a special dividend.